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polygala bracteolata. spear-leaved 

 Milkwort. 



Jfr $ ft ♦ 3 j t $ %% aft ♦ ♦ ♦ $ $ $ $ 



Clqfs and Order. 



DlADELPHIA OCTANDRIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



Cat. 5-phyllus : foliolis algeformibus coloratis. Legumen ob- 

 cordatum biloculare. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



POLYGALA Iracleolata floribus criftatis racemofis, braftaeis 

 triphyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, caule fruti- 

 cofo. Linn. Syjl. Veget. ed. 14. Murr. p. 638. 

 Berg. Cap. 182. Buxb. Cent. 3. p. 4. t. 71* 

 Ait. Kezv. v. 3. p. 4. 



To the vaft number of ornamental plants introduced from 

 the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Masson, wc here add 

 another, imported in 1787; when Mr. Aiton publifhed his 

 Hortus Kewenfis, it molt probably had not flowered with him, 

 as he does not notice its particular time of blowing : wc now 

 fee it in moft of the Nurferymen's colkaions of grcenhoufe 

 plants, flowering from May 'to July. It is a plant of great 

 Angularity and beauty, the purple of its flowers is brilliant in 

 the extreme. 



It. is increafcd by cuttings. 



